Ably News Introducing Channel Rewind Channel Rewind is an optimization for Ably's Pub/Sub Channels. It simplifies the process of retrieving messages sent over a channel prior to connection by instantly loading state.
Ably Engineering The realtime API family What do Event-driven, Streaming, Push, and Pub/Sub APIs all have in common? They're all part of the Realtime API Family.
Ably News The Engineering Snowball Sweeping SaaS SaaS has revolutionized the way in which we buy software both at home and at work. But competition is fierce. Companies are driving growth and ensuring longevity by deploying the right technology to meet new expectations.
Ably Engineering What is a Distributed Systems Engineer? An opinionated guide on the concepts any Distributed Systems Engineering should have a thorough understanding of. Whether you're looking for a role or recruiting for your team, you'll find actionable insight in this article.
Realtime APIs Data APIs: How to make the most of live 'open' data A guide to overcoming the numerous challenges associated with making 'open' data accessible and available, focusing on realtime transport data.
Ably Engineering Solving the WebRTC signaling challenge WebRTC is a core part of everyday internet use. The article below describes a common challenge developers encounter when employing WebRTC under-the-hood and how to solve it, with links to further information.
Ably Engineering Webhooks vs WebSub Webhooks and WebSub fulfil the function of data transfer at scale. While both are key components of internet infrastructure, the way they transfer data makes their use cases significantly different. The article shows when to use each.
Ably Engineering Google - polling like it's the 90s A technical review of the live score feature in Google search results, delivered with some surprisingly old-school tech from the 90s.
Ably Engineering WebSockets vs Server-Sent Events WebSockets vs SSE - Which is best for your realtime application? What are the pros, cons and ideal use cases? How to get started?
Ably News Ably Realtime Retrospective 2019 News highlights from the Ably network - features, use cases, expansion opportunities and success stories from the Ably Realtime community.
Ably Engineering SQS FIFO Queues: Message Ordering and Exactly-Once Processing Guaranteed? Converting a distributed system to FIFO and exactly-once message processing requires considerable user effort. This article looks at why this is the case, serving as a guide about what to bear in mind when implementing a FIFO and exactly-once message processing scenario using SQS FIFO queues.
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Five strategies to remove single points of DNS failure June/July 2019’s Cloudflare incidents got the world thinking about additional safeguards against ‘unlikely’ DNS failure. The article below sheds light on five strategies for coping with these unlikely - but possible - DNS failures, as well as general advice for service reliability.
Announcing support for Server-Sent Events (SSE) Different protocols serve different purposes better than others. That’s why, as of today, anyone building on Ably can seamlessly stream data over the Server-Sent Events (SSE) protocol using the Ably Adapter.
Ably Realtime Scores for the Laver Cup Ably is proud to provide realtime scores for the Laver Cup’s millions-strong global fan base and network of commercial partners. This comes after two years as tried-and-tested global scoring partners at the Australian Open Tennis Tournament.